Job losses by month
February 10, 2009
Employment news seems to get more discouraging by the day. Through January, the economy had lost 3.6 million jobs since the current recession began in December, 2007. The pace accelerated at the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009, with nearly 1.8 million jobs disappearing over a three month period covering November, December and January.
Here’s a list of job losses, by month, since January, 2008:
January: 72,000
February: 144,000
March: 122,000
April: 160,000
May: 137,000
June: 161,000
July: 128,000
August: 175,000
September: 321,000
October: 380,000
November: 597,000
December: 577,000
Source: Center for American Progress
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1 The O is for Overrated | Lux Libertas - Light and Liberty // Mar 13, 2009 at 7:44 am
[...] an event we were told that would inspire Americans with hope for change (better times), more than 2.5 million jobs have been lost. The President’s words, whether read (almost all the time) or delivered extemporaneously [...]
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